JUDGMENT

V. Kameswar Rao, J. The present petition has been filed under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,1996 (hereinafter referred to as `A&C Act,1996.) with the following prayers:

"It is therefore respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to pass an order:

a. Appointing an independent sole arbitrator under Section 11(6) read with Section 11(8) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 for the adjudication of disputes that have arisen between the parties;

b. Pass such other order(s) as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the present case."

2. It is a case where the petitioner had appointed the respondent to provide hostel facilities for the execution of the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) Scheme in which the petitioner was participating. The DDU-GKY is a placement-linked skill development program of the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD). The primary aim of the program is to alleviate poverty by providing regular wage employment to youth from rural areas specifically falling inside the below poverty line (BPL) households. The petitioner also executed a Champion Employer Memoran